diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 8a31d8ea09..ab2290c96b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -4987,7 +4987,6 @@ class Inside:
         self.assertEqual(Y.__qualname__, 'Y')
         self.assertEqual(Y.Inside.__qualname__, 'Y.Inside')
 
-    @unittest.expectedFailure  # TODO: RUSTPYTHON
     def test_qualname_dict(self):
         ns = {'__qualname__': 'some.name'}
         tp = type('Foo', (), ns)
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs
index 5f351afca3..64801a1de5 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs
@@ -1868,14 +1868,16 @@ impl Constructor for PyType {
         };
 
         let qualname = dict
-            .pop_item(identifier!(vm, __qualname__).as_object(), vm)?
+            .get_item_opt(identifier!(vm, __qualname__), vm)?
             .map(|obj| downcast_qualname(obj, vm))
             .transpose()?
             .unwrap_or_else(|| {
                 // If __qualname__ is not provided, we can use the name as default
                 name.clone().into_wtf8()
             });
+
         let mut attributes = dict.to_attributes(vm);
+        attributes.shift_remove(identifier!(vm, __qualname__));
 
         // Check __doc__ for surrogates - raises UnicodeEncodeError during type creation
         if let Some(doc) = attributes.get(identifier!(vm, __doc__))